I’ve been going through my DVD collection recently and found a couple old favorites that are good for Fall, for rainy days, generally any time.
They aren’t perfect films and some didn’t age as well as other perhaps but I enjoyed them, they always make me smile and are well worth catching if you haven’t seen them already!
Broken Things
By: Lauren Oliver
Grade: D
A couple of years ago Brynn, Mia and Summer were obsessed with the tale of Lovelorn. A book with a Shadow creature that accepts sacrifices. A book with no ending. They were determined to write their own. They played at Lovelorn. And when Summer was killed in a sacrifice style way Brynn, Mia and local boy Owen were the main suspects.
Quite frankly I wish Lovelorn had really opened them up and swallowed them whole.
Screw the whole Inner Goddess thing. If there’s a voice in my head it would probably be Venom so below we work through some movie thoughts and questions with the alien (that doesn’t want to be called a parasite!)
I also feel like I should say I have no knowledge of the comic book character.
Or is it cosy fall?
The excellent Karis tagged me in this Fall book tag. I get such great recommendations from her blog and Fall is my favorite time of the year so I told myself, “You must do this while it’s still actually Fall!”
I was waiting to have a “Fall” style day but not such much.
This tag was originally created by Sam at Sam’s Nonsense
Bird Box
By: Josh Malerman
Grade: B+
Horror for me often falls into two categories. The stuff that’s fun when you’re reading/watching it. That does scare you and leave you going oh gross, no, no. Run away! But doesn’t really leave an impact. And the stuff that gets under your skin leaves you unsettled and checking under your bed.
For me Bird Box is the first category. Fun and effective with what might be the most crazy horrible birth scene ever. But there was no checking for monsters.
Stalking Jack the Ripper
By: Kerri Maniscalco
Grade: D+/C
I did something with this series that I really never do. Seeing as how I was most interested in the Houdini one (the most recent) I splurged and brought all 3 released books. I had heard good things and what the heck?
So naturally this book annoyed the hell out of me!
Milkman
By: Anna Burns
Grade: C
Milkman is the second of the Man Booker Long-Listed Books that I picked up and much like Sabrina I just don’t think this one was for me. Although on this one I have to say based on execution that may be true for a lot of people.
A Star is Born
Directed By: Bradley Cooper
Grade: A-
A Star is Born had a ton of hype all of which I was soaking up. I love movies or anything about artists and I love music and I’ve been waiting for this one since the first trailer dropped so there was no way in hell I wasn’t going to be checking this one out opening weekend.
After watching Doctor Who since 9 (Christopher Eccleston) and giving up sometime around the birth of Clara- who annoyed the hell out of me- it was so much fun to check out the new series and really enjoy it this Sunday!
So September was my third Scribbler Box (a box created for writers and curated by writers.) The theme this month was Breaking the Rules. And I must say its still on an upswing concerning the book though I do still have some issues with the box.
